Last week, House Democrats released a new policy agenda called “When Women Succeed, America Succeeds.” Their agenda is divided into three broad policy areas—pay, work and family balance, and childcare—with policies in each category aimed at addressing fundamental challenges in women’s economic lives. … A new survey by Greenberg Quinlan […] Read more »
Consumer Comfort in U.S. Declines After Reaching Five-Year High
Consumer sentiment declined last week from a five-year high as Americans grew more pessimistic about the prospects for the world’s largest economy. The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index fell to minus 28.4 in the period ended July 14, its first drop in five weeks, from minus 27.3 a week earlier. [cont.] […] Read more »
Do Americans Believe Capitalism & Government Are Working?
The 2013 Economic Values Survey probed Americans’ views on capitalism, government, economic policy, and financial well-being. It found that Americans are concerned about the lack of jobs (26% cited this as the most important economic issue), the budget deficit (17%), and the rising cost of health care (18%) and education […] Read more »
Economic Confidence Retreats
After nearly reaching positive territory in June, Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index descended to -12 last week, the lowest reading since late April. However, confidence remains higher than the -22 reading from early March — the low point this year — recorded as the public reacted to Congress’ failure to avert […] Read more »
Fair Play Measured in Slivers of a Second
On Friday morning, Thomson Reuters released the latest University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index, as it does twice a month. But this time was different. As a result of a settlement Thomson Reuters reached this week with New York’s attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, a select group of its customers […] Read more »
Consumer sentiment slips slightly in early July
Consumer sentiment waned slightly in early July, as Americans were more optimistic about current economic conditions than they have been in six years, but that was offset by a decline in confidence over the recovery’s prospects, a survey released on Friday showed. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan’s preliminary reading on […] Read more »